After recording the Lord's teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew goes on to record numerous miracles Jesus performed in Galilee. These miracles verified the fact that the kingdom had come near, confirmed the message that Jesus taught, and were signs that He was the anticipated Messiah.

A survey of these miracles reveals that Jesus more than qualified to be the divine Son of God and Savior of the world. He performed miracles that no one else could do, especially those who claim to be performing miracles today. Notice the power displayed in the various miracles performed by the Lord.

• Healing the leper (Matt. 8:1-4) – power over disease.
• Healing the centurion’s servant (vs. 5-13) – power over distance.
• Healing the multitude (v. 16) – power over numbers.
• Calming the sea (vs. 23-27) – power over nature.
• Healing the demon possessed men (vs. 28-34) – power over demons.
• Healing the paralytic (9:1-8) – power over disability.
• Restoring the girl to life (vs. 18-26) – power over death.
• Healing the blind men (vs. 27-31) – power over blindness.

These are just a few miracles performed by Jesus during a short part of His ministry. Later, when some of the Jewish leaders were seeking to kill Jesus because He made Himself equal with God (John 5:18), Jesus offered the works He had done as evidence to back up His claim to be the Son of God. “But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish – the very works that I do – bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me” (v. 36).

What “works” was Jesus speaking of? What “works” were done to prove that Jesus is God’s Son? I would say that someone who displayed absolute power over disease, distance, demons, disability, blindness, nature, and death would more than qualify as the Son of God.